WND EXCLUSIVE

Facebook reveals Muslim Brotherhood influence

Egypt prez posts about spokesman for party suspected of organizing embassy violence

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A posting on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s Facebook page could indicate the depth of the relationship between Morsi and Nour Salafist Party leader Nader Bakkar.

Bakkar was identified by ex-terrorist and Middle East analyst Walid Shoebat as a driving force behind changes that have brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt.

Shoebat said documents translated from Arabic reveal that high-ranking members of the Salafist Nour Party and the Muslim Brotherhood planned the attacks on U.S. diplomatic offices in Cairo and Benghazi, Libya.

“This shows that Morsi and Bakkar have a warm friendship, which is entirely unsurprising, since clearly they share the same view of Islam and of the global political situation,” Spencer said.

International Christian Concern Middle East analyst Aidan Clay notes the Salafis are among Egypt’s most radical groups and have been leaders in persecuting the Copts.

“Salafis are the very group that led violent mob attacks that killed Christians and burned churches,” Clay said.

WND reported the attacks on the Cairo embassy and the consulate in Benghaz were planned by the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist parties to punish the West for opposing Islam, according to Shoebat.

He said other documents, translated from Arabic, also show that high-ranking members of the Salafist Nour Party and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt planned the attacks to force constitutional changes in Egypt and concessions from the West.

The Nour Party issued a call to demonstrate in support of Wisam Abdul Waris of Dar Al-Hekma, or House of Wisdom, who has called for changes in the Egyptian constitution and international law that would make it illegal to criticize Islam, Shoebat said.

Bakkar has said his party aims for legal prosecution of anyone who harms Islam at home or abroad.